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Hilllhead 2022 ready for blast-off

Company News, UK News
Hillhead

The organisers of Hillhead 2022, a frequent meeting point for OTR tyre suppliers, have signalled the start of the countdown to the 21-23 June event with a bang. Carried out by EPC-UK, two sections of the quarry face in the Demonstration area at the north end of the site were recently drilled and blasted to produce around 30,000 tonnes of run-of-quarry stone for equipment demonstration purposes at this year’s show.

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  4. Hillhead 2020 postponed until 22-24 June 2021
28th April 2022/by Andrew

BKT opens TikTok channel

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Off-highway tyre specialist BKT is reaching out to a younger demographic by opening its own TikTok channel. It launched tiktok.com/@bkt.tires in March and with it aims to gain the attention of Gen Z and Gen Alpha – the age groups representing “the future of agriculture and of our planet.”

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  1. BKT better positioned to serve OEMs with new European HQ
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  4. BKT ready for the future
19th April 2022/by Stephen

Maxam expands MS915 tyre range for graders, telehandlers with 370/75-28, 400/75-28 sizes

Product News
Maxam

Maxam Tire has expanded its MS915 series of tyres for modern telehandlers and graders. The all-new 370/75-28 and 400/75-28 sizes were developed for demanding conditions where high-traction is required. Maxam has manufactured the MS915 to offer a rugged and long-lasting solution for challenging construction applications.

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5th April 2022/by Andrew

New Alliance distribution partner for Sweden

International News

Yokohama Off-Highway Tires (YOHT) has an additional partner in Sweden. In addition to its four-decade old strategic partnership with NDI, the tyre maker is now also working with Broson Wheels. Introducing its new partner, YOHT shares that Broson Wheels is the “market leader of the OE2 business and leading supplier of tyres, rims, wheels and accessories for off-highway vehicles in Sweden.”

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  1. Yokohama offers US$2 billion for Trelleborg Wheel Systems as global off-highway tyre segment consolidates
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  4. New YOHT country manager for UK & Ireland
2nd March 2022/by Stephen

Anytime Concrete fined after 2019 tyre explosion death

UK News
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Concrete supplier Anytime Concrete was fined on 29 October 2021 after an agency worker contracted to work at its site died following a tyre explosion in 2019. Dudley Magistrates’ Court heard how the contractor suffered fatal injuries when using an air hose/compressed air to inflate the tyre of an articulated wheel loader.

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3rd December 2021/by Chris

New Mitas EX-01 radial excavator tyre

Product News

The Trelleborg Group has launched a new Mitas-branded excavator tyre. It says the EX-01 is the first Mitas radial for wheeled excavators and features a non-directional tread pattern and reinforced sidewall construction exclusively designed for dual mounting systems.

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2nd July 2021/by Stephen

GRI introduces new agricultural & specialty tyres

Product News

In order to meet increasing demand in the agricultural and construction tyre segments around the world, GRI Tires recently introduced new sizes and patterns.

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30th June 2021/by Stephen

GRI plant expansion “progressing well” despite lockdown

Company News, International News

GRI Tires reports that the second phase expansion of its new production facility, which began in January 2021, is progressing well despite the challenges posed by the current lockdown in Sri Lanka. It is building the new and advanced specialty tyre manufacturing plant next to the current facility with a total investment of US$100 million.

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22nd June 2021/by Stephen

Continental at 150: Decades of off-highway activity

Company News

With 150 years in the business, Continental may well just be the oldest firm in existence still making tyres today. The company has been offering solutions since the days when horsepower was indeed horsepower, but Continental’s off-highway tyres are a much more recent addition – it’s only a little under a century since the first products came to market. As its celebrates its sesquicentennial jubilee, Continental looks back over its activities in this sector from the very earliest days.

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11th May 2021/by Stephen

Trelleborg opens virtual tyre showroom

Company News

Trelleborg Wheel Systems has opened a new showroom that won’t be troubled by lockdowns or other unexpected disruptions. The new Trelleborg virtual showroom enables visitors to “enter the world of Trelleborg tyres to explore its products and smart solutions up close, at any time and in any place.”

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23rd March 2021/by Stephen

GRI breaks ground on phase 2 of $100 million speciality tyre plant

Company News, International News
GRI

GRI has laid the foundation stone for the second phase of its $100 million manufacturing facility in Badalgama, Sri Lanka. The plant, in the Mirigama Export Processing Zone will expand production of speciality tyres as global demand for its products grows. The company has been expanding rapidly since its $40 million-plus investment in the “world-class” manufacturing facility, inaugurated in 2018. Phase two will include a new mixing facility, expanding the original plant by the end of 2021.

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18th January 2021/by Andrew

GRI expands capacity, continues building distribution networks

Company News, International News, Product News
GRI

During the last 18 years GRI has expanded significantly. Across the material handling, agricultural and construction segments, GRI now produces a total of 100 tonnes of tyres a day. Most recently the company added new mixing capacity in a bid to expand the company’s overall production output. So how does this particular action fit into the wider strategy? Tyres & Accessories interviewed GRI managing director Prabhash Subasinghe in order to find out.

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5th November 2020/by Chris

Maxam introduces MS709 telehandler tyre

Product News

Maxam Tire has expanded its construction tyre portfolio with an all-new telehandler tyre produced in the company’s recently-inaugurated solid tyre factory in Vietnam. It’s called the Maxam MS709, and Maxam says it has engineered the tyre to “provide the industry with a rugged and long-lasting solution for demanding construction applications.”

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30th October 2020/by Stephen

Building on foundations of growth – GRI MD talks with T&A

Company News, International News
GRI

Global Rubber Industries (Pvt.) Ltd. (GRI) has spent the last 18 years since its foundation cultivating its niche in the industrial, agricultural and construction tyre sectors. With ambitious capacity and expansion plans underway, Tyres & Accessories interviewed managing director Prabhash Subasinghe and learnt more about the company’s plans to build on its growth foundations.

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16th October 2020/by Chris

MTP opens US$100 million off-highway tyre factory in India

International News, Product News
MTP

Mahansaria Tyres Private Limited (MTP) commenced manufacturing at its greenfield off highway tyre factory in Panoli, in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

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28th September 2020/by Chris
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